# List of Minnesota State High School League Conferences

A list of the Minnesota State High School League sponsored conferences:

## A-C

Conferences in the MSHSL :
| Conference name | Member schools | Sports |
| Arrowhead | Cherry School Ely Memorial High School Eveleth-Gilbert High School Falls High School Mesabi East High School Mountain Iron-Buhl High School North Woods High School Northeast Range High School South Ridge High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Big 9 | Albert Lea High School Austin High School Century High School, Rochester Faribault High School John Marshall High School, Rochester Mankato East High School Mankato West High School Northfield High School Red Wing High School Mayo High School, Rochester Owatonna High School Winona Senior High School | All Sports |
| Big North | Bigfork High School Cherry High School, Iron Chisholm High School Ely Memorial High School Littlefork-Big Falls High School Mountain Iron-Buhl High School North Woods High School, Cook Northeast Range High School, Babbitt South Ridge High School, Culver William Kelley High School, Silver Bay | Football only |
| Camden | Canby High School Central Minnesota Christian High School Community Christian School Dawson-Boyd High School Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg High School Lac qui Parle Valley High School Lakeview High School MACCRAY High School Minneota High School Renville County West High School Russell-Tyler-Ruthton High School Tracy-Milroy-Balaton High School Yellow Medicine East High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Central Lakes | Alexandria High School Brainerd High School Fergus Falls High School Rocori High School Apollo High School, St. Cloud Sartell High School Sauk Rapids-Rice High School Tech High School, St Cloud Willmar High School Detroit Lakes High School | All sports |
| Central Minnesota | Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School Eden Valley-Watkins High School Holdingford High School Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School Kimball Area High School Maple Lake High School Pierz High School Rockford High School | All sports |
| Christian Athletic League | Cambridge Christian Christian Life, Farmington Faith Foreston Good Shepherd Academy, River Falls, WI Hope Christian, St. Paul Park Immanuel Lutheran, Mankato Mt. Lake Christian North Metro, Roseville Rochester Area Home School Schaeffer Academy, Rochester St. Cloud Christian Trinity Lutheran, St. Francis Valley Christian, Taylors Falls | Most Sports (Except Football) |

## D-G

| Conference name | Schools included | Sports |
| Eastern Minnesota | Academy for Science and Agriculture, Vadnais Heights Calvin Christian School, Edina Community of Peace Academy, St. Paul Great River School, St. Paul Hmong College Prep Academy, St. Paul The International School of Minnesota, Eden Prairie Liberty Classical Academy, Maplewood Nova Classical Academy, St. Paul | Most Sports |
| Gopher | Bethlehem Academy, Faribault Blooming Prairie High School Maple River High School Medford High School New Richland-H-E-G High School Randolph High School United South Central High School, Wells Waterville-Elysian-Morristown High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Gopher Valley A | Bethlehem Academy High School Blooming Prairie High School Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity Loyola Catholic School Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School St. Clair High School United South Central High School, Wells | Football |
| Gopher Valley AA | Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop High School Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial High School Maple River high School, Mapleton Medford High School NRHEG High School, New Richland Waterville-Elysian-Morristown High School | Football |
| Granite Ridge | Albany High School Becker High School Foley High School Little Falls High School Milaca High School Mora High School Cathedral High School, St. Cloud Zimmerman High School | All Sports |
| Great Northern | Carlton High School Cromwell-Wright High School Floodwood High School Isle High School Hill City High School Lake of the Woods High School, Baudette McGregor High School Nevis High School Northland High School, Remer Northome-Kelliher High School Onamia High School Wrenshall High School | Football |
| Great Polar - Blue | Aitkin High School Braham High School Crosby-Ironton High School Hinckley-Finlayson High School Pine City High School Rush City High School | Football |
| Great Polar - Red | Barnum High School Chisholm High School Cook County High School, Grand Marais East Central High School Ely Memorial High School Eveleth-Gilbert High School Mesabi East High School, Aurora Ogilvie High School | Football |
| Great Polar - White | Deer River High School The Marshall School, Duluth Esko High School Moose Lake-Willow River High School Two Harbors High School | Football |
| Great River | Aitkin High School Braham High School East Central High School Hinckley-Finlayson High School Isle High School Onamia High School Ogilvie High School Pine City High School Rush City High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |

## H-L

| Conference name | Years active | Schools included | Sports |
| Heart O'Lakes | | Barnesville High School Breckenridge High School Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School Frazee High School Hawley High School Pelican Rapids High School Perham High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Heart O'Lakes - Classic | | Breckenridge High School Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School Hawley High School Pelican Rapids High School Roseau High School Staples-Motley High School Warroad High School | Football |
| Heart O'Lakes - North | | Crookston High School Detroit Lakes High School East Grand Forks High School Park Rapids High School Pequot Lakes High School Perham High School Thief River Falls High School | Football |
| Hiawatha Valley | | Byron High School Cannon Falls High School Goodhue High School Hayfield High School Kasson-Mantorville High School Kenyon-Wanamingo High School La Crescent High School Lake City High School Pine Island High School Lourdes High School Stewartville High School Triton Senior High School Winona Cotter Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Iron Range | | Chisholm High School Eveleth-Gilbert High School Grand Rapids High School Greenway High School, Coleraine Hibbing High School International Falls High School Mesabi East High School, Aurora Virginia High School | Most Sports |
| Lake | 1932–present | Buffalo High School Eden Prairie High School Edina High School Hopkins High School Minnetonka High School St. Michael-Albertville High School Wayzata High School | All Sports |
| Lake Superior | | Ashland High School (WI) Cloquet High School Duluth Denfeld High School Duluth Marshall High School Hermantown High School Proctor High School Superior High School (WI) | Most Sports |
| Little Eight | | Ashby High School Battle Lake High School Brandon/Evansville† Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, Fergus Falls Parkers Prairie High School Rothsay High School Underwood High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Little Sioux | | Adrian High School Canby High School Dawson-Boyd High School Lac qui Parle Valley High School, Madison Lakeview High School, Cottonwood MACCRAY High School, Clara City Minneota/Lincoln HI, Ivanhoe† Murray County Central High School, Slayton Russell-Tyler-Ruthton High School Tracy-Milroy-Balaton High School | Football |

## M

| Conference name | Years active | Schools included | Sports |
| Mariucci | | Bemidji High School Crookston High School East Grand Forks High School Moorhead High School Roseau High School Thief River Falls High School Warroad High School | Hockey only |
| Metro East (formerly Classic Suburban) | | Hastings High School Henry Sibley High School Hill-Murray High School Mahtomedi High School North High School Richfield Senior High School South St. Paul High School St. Thomas Academy Simley High School Tartan High School | All Sports |
| Metro West | | Benilde-St. Margaret's Bloomington Jefferson High School Bloomington Kennedy High School Chanhassen High School Chaska High School Richfield High School Robbinsdale Cooper High School Saint Louis Park High School | All Sports |
| Mid-State | | Crosby-Ironton High School Pequot Lakes High School Park Rapids Area High School Perham High School Staples-Motley High School Wadena-Deer Creek High School | Most Sports |
| Minneapolis City | | Edison High School Camden High School North High School Roosevelt High School South High School Southwest High School Washburn High School | All Sports |
| Minnesota Charter Schools | | FAIR School, Crystal Math and Science Academy, Woodbury Minnesota Transitions Charter Schools, Minneapolis Spectrum High School, Elk River St. Croix Prep, Stillwater | Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer |
| Minnesota River | | Belle Plaine High School LeSueur-Henderson High School Mayer Lutheran High School Norwood Young-America High School Sibley East High School, Arlington Tri-City United High School, Montgomery Watertown-Mayer High School | Most Sports |
| Mississippi 8 | | Becker High School Big Lake High School North Branch High School Cambridge-Isanti High School Monticello High School Chisago Lakes High School Saint Michael-Albertville High School Zimmerman High School | All Sports |
| Missota Conference | Disbanding after 2013-14 season | Academy of Holy Angels, Richfield Chanhassen High School Chaska High School Farmington High School New Prague High School Northfield High School Red Wing High School Shakopee High School | All Sports |
| Minnesota Christian Athletic Association | | Bethany Academy, Bloomington Heritage Christian Academy, Maple Grove Holy Trinity High School, Winsted Legacy Christian Academy, Andover Lester Prairie High School Lion's Gate Christian Academy, Bloomington Maranatha Christian Academy, Brooklyn Park New Life Academy, Woodbury PACT Charter School, Ramsey Providence Academy, Plymouth Southwest Christian, Chaska Trinity School at River Ridge, Eagan West Lutheran High School, Plymouth | Most Sports |

## N

| Conference name | Years active | Schools included | Sports |
| North Star | | Bagley High School Blackduck High School Cass Lake-Bena High School Fertile-Beltrami High School Fosston High School Frazee High School Lake Park-Audubon High School Mahnomen High School Pillager High School Pine River-Backus High School Red Lake County Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School Warren-Alvarado-Oslo High School | Football |
| North Suburban | Disbanding after 2013-14 season | Benilde-St. Margaret's High School Chisago Lakes High School Columbia Heights High School Fridley High School Irondale High School North Branch Area High School Robbinsdale Cooper High School Spring Lake Park High School St. Francis High School St. Louis Park High School Totino-Grace High School | Most Sports |
| North Tri-County | | Ada-Borup High School Norman County East High School, Twin Valley Norman County West High School, Halstad Park Christian School, Moorhead Rothsay High School Ulen-Hitterdal High School Waubun High School Win-E-Mac High School, Erskine | Football |
| Northern Lakes | | Bigfork High School Deer River High School Greenway High School, Coleraine Hill City High School Littlefork-Big Falls High School Nashwauk-Keewatin High School Northland High School, Remer | Most Sports |
| Northland | | Blackduck High School Cass Lake-Bena High School Laporte High School Nevis High School Northome/Kelliher† Pine River-Backus High School Red Lake High School Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School | Most Sports |
| Northwest | | Crookston High School East Grand Forks High School Roseau High School Thief River Falls High School Warroad High School | Most Sports |
| Northwest (Hockey) | | Bagley/Fosston† Lake of the Woods High School, Baudette Red Lake Falls High School Kittson County Central High School | Hockey |
| Northwest Suburban Conference | | Andover High School Anoka High School Blaine High School Centennial High School, Circle Pines Champlin Park High School Coon Rapids High School Elk River High School Maple Grove High School Osseo High School Park Center High School, Brooklyn Park Robbinsdale Armstrong High School Spring Lake Park High School Totino-Grace High School, Fridley (Football) | All Sports |

## O-R

| Conference name | Schools included | Sports |
| Park Region | Bertha-Hewitt High School Henning High School Menahga High School New York Mills High School Pillager High School Sebeka High School Verndale High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Pheasant (Football) | North: Ashby High School Bertha-Hewitt High School Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Underwood High School Verndale High School South: Brandon/Evansville High School Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley High School Hancock High School Ortonville High School Wheaton/Herman-Norcross† | Football |
| Pheasant | Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley High School Hancock High School Ortonville High School Wheaton/Herman-Norcross† | Most Sports |
| Pine to Prairie | Ada-Borup High School Bagley High School Climax/Fisher† Fertile-Beltrami High School Fosston High School Lake Park-Audubon High School Mahnomen High School Norman County East High School Norman County West High School Waubun High School Win-E-Mac High School, Erskine Ulen-Hitterdal High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Polar | Barnum High School Carlton High School Cook County High School, Grand Marais Cromwell High School Esko High School Floodwood High School McGregor High School Moose Lake/Willow River† William Kelley High School, Silver Bay Two Harbors High School Wrenshall High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Prairie (Football) | North: Barnesville High School Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School Osakis High School United North Central† Upsala/Swanville† Wadena-Deer Creek High School South: Browerville High School KMS High School, Kerkhoven New York Mills High School Ottertail Central† Royalton High School West Central Area High School, Barrett | Football |
| Prairie | Browerville High School Eagle Valley High School, Eagle Bend Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School Osakis High School Royalton High School St. John's Prep, Collegeville Swanville High School Upsala High School West Central Area High School, Barrett | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Red Rock | Adrian High School Edgerton High School Ellsworth High School Fulda High School Hills-Beaver Creek High School Mountain Lake Area† Murray County Central, Slayton Red Rock Central High School, Lamberton Southwest Minnesota Christian High School, Edgerton Heron Lake-Okabena† Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |

## S

| Conference name | Years active | Schools included | Sports |
| Saint Paul City | 1898–present | Central High School Como Park High School Harding High School Highland Park High School Humboldt High School Johnson High School Washington High School | All Sports |
| Sea Range | | Cloquet High School Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin† Hermantown High School Hibbing High School International Falls High School Proctor High School Virginia High School | Football |
| Seven Star | | Badger/Greenbush-Middle River† Kittson County Central, Hallock Northern Freeze† Stephen-Argyle Central High School Warren-Alvarado-Oslo High School Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke† Lake of the Woods High School, Baudette | Most Sports |
| South Central | | Blue Earth Area High School Fairmont High School New Ulm High School St. James High School St. Peter High School Waseca High School | All Sports |
| South Suburban | 2010–present | Apple Valley High School Burnsville High School Eagan High School Eastview High School Farmington High School Lakeville North High School Lakeville South High School Prior Lake High School Rosemount High School Shakopee High School | All Sports |
| Southeast | | Glenville-Emmons High School Grand Meadow High School Houston High School Lanesboro High School Leroy-Ostrander High School Lyle High School/Austin Pacelli High School† Mabel-Canton High School Spring Grove High School Hope Lutheran High School | All Sports |
| Southeastern Minnesota | | Large: Byron High School Cannon Falls High School Kasson-Mantorville High School La Crescent High School Lake City High School Plainview-Elgin-Millville High School Rochester Lourdes High School Stewartville High School Medium: Dover-Eyota High School Kenyon Wanamingo High School Lewiston Altura High School Pine Island High School St. Charles High School Triton High School Winona Cotter High School Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School Small: Caledonia High School Chatfield High School Fillmore Central High School Goodhue High School Hayfield High School Kingsland High School Rushford-Peterson High School Southland High School Wabasha-Kellogg High School | Football |
| Southern Confederacy | | Alden-Conger High School Cleveland high School Edgerton/Ellsworth† Fulda High School GHEC/Truman† Hills-Beaver Creek High School Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton High School Madelia High School Nicollet High School Renville County West High School Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School | Football |
| Southern Minnesota | | Buffalo Lake-Hector High School Cedar Mountain/Comfrey† Martin County West High School, Sherburn Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School, New Ulm New Ulm Cathedral High School Red Rock Central High School, Lamberton Sleepy Eye High School St. Mary's High School, Sleepy Eye Southwestern United Springfield High School Wabasso High School | Football |
| Southwest | | Jackson County Central High School Luverne High School Marshall High School Pipestone Area High School Redwood Valley High School, Redwood Falls Windom Area High School Worthington High School | All Sports |
| Suburban East | | Cretin-Derham Hall High School East Ridge High School, Woodbury Forest Lake Area High School Mounds View High School Park High School, Cottage Grove Roseville Area High School Stillwater Area High School White Bear Lake High School Woodbury High School | All Sports |

## T-Z

| Conference name | Schools included | Sports |
| Three Rivers | Caledonia High School Chatfield High School Dover-Eyota High School Fillmore Central High School, Harmony Kingsland High School, Spring Valley Lewiston-Altura High School Plainview-Elgin-Millville High School Rushford-Peterson High School St. Charles High School Southland High School, Adams Wabasha-Kellogg High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Tomahawk | Buffalo Lake-Hector High School Cedar Mountain/Comfrey† Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop High School Lester Prairie High School New Ulm Cathedral High School Sleepy Eye High School St. Mary's High School, Sleepy Eye Springfield High School Wabasso High School | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| Top of the State | Badger/Greenbush-Middle River† Clearbrook-Gonvick High School Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke† Kittson County Central High School, Hallock Northern Freeze† Stephen-Argyle High School | Football |
| Tri-Metro | The Blake School Breck School Brooklyn Center High School Concordia Academy, Roseville DeLaSalle High School Minnehaha Academy Providence Academy Saint Agnes High School Saint Anthony Village High School St. Croix Lutheran High School St. Paul Academy and Summit School Visitation High School Como Park High School, St. Paul (Hockey) Johnson High School, St. Paul (Hockey)| | All Sports |
| Two Rivers | Becker/Big Lake† Legacy Christian Moose Lake Area Mora/Hinckley-Finlayson† North Branch High School Pine City/Rush City† WSFLG (WI)† | Hockey |
| Valley | Alden-Conger High School Cleveland High School Granada-Huntley-East Chain High School Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton High School Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Madelia High School Martin County West High School Martin Luther High School Nicollet High School St. Clair High School Truman/Martin Luther | Most Sports (Except Football) |
| West Central Conference | Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City High School Benson High School BOLD High School Lac Qui Parle Valley High School Melrose Area High School Minnewaska Area High School Montevideo High School Morris Area Schools Paynesville High School Sauk Centre High School | All Sports |
| Wright County East Conference | Delano High School Holy Family High School (Victoria) Hutchinson High School Jordan High School Mound Westonka High School New Prague High School Orono High School Waconia High School | All Sports |
| Wright County West Conference | Annandale High School Dassel-Cokato High School Glencoe-Silver Lake High School Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School Litchfield High School New London-Spicer High School Rockford High School Watertown-Mayer High School | All Sports |
† - Cooperative program from multiple schools

## Independents
### Basketball

Ascension Academy Bemidji High School Cambridge Christian Campbell-Tintah High School Cannon Valley High School Circle of Life Chesterton Academy CHOF Christian Life Clearbrook-Gonvick Cloquet Christian Cristo Rey Jesuit E.C.H.O. Bug-O-Nay-Gee-Shig School Duluth East High School Elmore Academy Faith Christian Academy Fond du Lac Ojibwe Fourth Baptist Christian School Hope Academy Hope Christian Good Shepherd Grand Rapids High School Groves Academy Immanuel Lutheran School Lake Region Lakeview Christian Academy Learning for Leadership Mesabi Academy MetroTech Career Academy Minnetonka Christian Academy Mounds Park Academy Nay Ah Shing Schools Metro North ABE Park Christian Rapids Christian Red Lake County Rivers Christian Rochester Home School Sacred Heart Saint Paul Preparatory School South Metro Sparta Home School Unidale Valley Christian School

### Football

Columbia Heights High School E.C.H.O. Elmore Academy Metro Deaf School, St. Paul MN Academy for the Deaf, Faribault Red Lake High School Spectrum High School, Elk River West Lutheran High School, Plymouth

### Hockey

Achiever Academy, Vadnais Heights Benilde-St. Margaret's School, St. Louis Park Breckenridge/Wahpeton† Dodge County† East High School, Duluth Ely Memorial High School La Crescent High School North Shore† Lourdes High School Highland Park High School, St. Paul

## Former conferences

* North Suburban
* Metro Alliance
* Circle 8